Rachel was born on May 5. She grew up in Long Island with her mother Sandra (played by Marlo Thomas), her father Leonard (Ron Leibman) and her two sisters, Jill (Reese Witherspoon) and Amy (Christina Applegate). Her father is a doctor and her family is shown to be incredibly wealthy; Rachel states that they owned a boat and that she had her own pony. She and her sisters are portrayed to be vain and spoiled. She is described as being the most popular girl in her high school and was a head cheerleader. Despite her popularity, her best friend was the formerly fat and unpopular Monica Geller (Courteney Cox). Rachel was close to Monica's family when she was in high school, so she already knew Monica's older brother Ross Geller (David Schwimmer), who harbors a long unrequited love for her, and Ross's best friend from college Chandler Bing (Matthew Perry).
Rachel's personality evolves during the series. Early on, she is portrayed as a spoiled "daddy's girl" but later, especially after having Emma, becomes less self-absorbed. Image-conscious Rachel had a nose job when she was a teenager, which, she claimed, was due to a deviated septum. Flashback episodes show her with a much larger nose and the insinuation is that the operation was for image, a fact confirmed by a flippant comment from her sister Amy, regarding Emma – "Do you ever worry that Emma's going to get your real nose?". She can be arrogant - her involvement with her neighbor, Danny, shows Rachel with some inability to comprehend that he might not be interested in her.
After working as a waitress, she was encouraged to use her interest in fashion to get a job in that world. Her focus on this and image come at the expense of domestic skills or common knowledge, of which she was constantly mocked for having little of. In one episode, for example, she accidentally used beef when making a trifle for Thanksgiving dessert after misreading the recipe (the pages were glued together).
She is also seen as a bit promiscuous over the series, and is heavily implied to have lost her virginity before tenth grade in several episodes. In the episode "The One Where They're Going To Party", Rachel implies that she lost her virginity in the back of a van, and even possibly (though unlikely) the van that Monica and Phoebe buy in the episode. However, she does seem to have developed a rule that she does not sleep with guys on the first date. It is also revealed in season 7 that Rachel developed very early, with her breasts being developed to the extent of a fifteen-year-old girl by the age of ten.
She is very caring and affectionate towards her friends, shown by how she leaves messages on the mirror for Monica when Monica's taking a shower, how she covers Monica up with a blanket if her friend has fallen asleep on the couch, and how concerned she was for Joey after she had turned him down. She also comforts Phoebe when Phoebe is miserable about her songs. She is also intelligent and witty.
Rachel's most prominent relationship throughout the series is with Monica's older brother Ross. When she moves to the city in the pilot, Ross still holds feelings for her from high school. Although the rest of the gang are aware of this Rachel stays oblivious until Chandler inadvertently reveals this on her birthday in the season one finale. Ross tries several times in the first season to admit his feelings but is constantly stopped by other people such as her ex-fiance Barry and Paolo (played by Cosimo Fusco), a man she met during an electrical blackout.
After finding out about his love for her, Rachel discovers she also has feelings for Ross, but when she goes to tell him he is seen with a girlfriend - Julie. Rachel then has to put up with seeing them together, until she leaves him a drunken voicemail telling him how she feels. Ross eventually breaks up with Julie to be with Rachel, but she finds a list of pros and cons he wrote in order to make his choice, and is deeply distressed at his assessment of her, so calls it off. They finally get together in "The One With the Prom Video" when Rachel realizes Ross would have been ready to take her to the prom if her date Chip wouldn't have made it. They date for about a year before Ross's constant jealousy of her colleague Mark leads Rachel to suggest taking "a break". Ross takes this to mean they have broken up and whilst depressed gets drunk and sleeps with the girl from a copy-shop. When Rachel finds out, she ends things for good. From then on, the two share an on/off relationship and are usually seen to be jealous when the other dates someone else; such as when Ross dates Phoebe's friend Bonnie (resulting in a short reconciliation) and when Rachel dates her customer Joshua. Rachel's history of admitting her feelings for Ross when he is with another woman happen again when Ross meets Emily, niece of Rachel's boss at Bloomingdale's. Ross and Emily quickly become engaged and decide to get married in London. Rachel claims she cannot attend because she has too much work but later confided in Monica and Phoebe that watching them marry would be too painful. However, she changed her mind and flew to London to tell Ross that she loved him but sees them kissing just before the ceremony. She gave them her blessing instead. Ross then accidentally said Rachel's name at the alter. Following the wedding, Emily stays in London and tells Ross she will only return if he promises never to see Rachel again. Although at first he agrees to this he then tells her he can't do this and their marriage ends. In the season five finale when the gang head to Las Vegas Ross and Rachel get married when they are drunk and do not remember in the morning. Ross tells Rachel he has annulled the marriage but in fact doesn't because he is in love with Rachel and does not want to have a third marriage end. Rachel is furious when she finds out but when she realizes the reasons behind Ross's decision she forgives him. The two are seen to be friends through the next season except for a brief kiss on the night of Monica and Chandler's engagement. Rachel is revealed to be pregnant in the Season 8 premiere. (This is strongly implied at the very end of the Season 7 Finale.) Ross is then revealed to be the father at the end of the next episode, "The One With The Red Sweater". Although at first Ross thinks they should get married, the two remain friends and agree to raise the baby together and to live together.
Rachel's personality evolves during the series. Early on, she is portrayed as a spoiled "daddy's girl" but later, especially after having Emma, becomes less self-absorbed. Image-conscious Rachel had a nose job when she was a teenager, which, she claimed, was due to a deviated septum. Flashback episodes show her with a much larger nose and the insinuation is that the operation was for image, a fact confirmed by a flippant comment from her sister Amy, regarding Emma – "Do you ever worry that Emma's going to get your real nose?". She can be arrogant - her involvement with her neighbor, Danny, shows Rachel with some inability to comprehend that he might not be interested in her.
After working as a waitress, she was encouraged to use her interest in fashion to get a job in that world. Her focus on this and image come at the expense of domestic skills or common knowledge, of which she was constantly mocked for having little of. In one episode, for example, she accidentally used beef when making a trifle for Thanksgiving dessert after misreading the recipe (the pages were glued together).
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Rachel's most prominent relationship throughout the series is with Monica's older brother Ross. When she moves to the city in the pilot, Ross still holds feelings for her from high school. Although the rest of the gang are aware of this Rachel stays oblivious until Chandler inadvertently reveals this on her birthday in the season one finale. Ross tries several times in the first season to admit his feelings but is constantly stopped by other people such as her ex-fiance Barry and Paolo (played by Cosimo Fusco), a man she met during an electrical blackout.
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